NUVVULA SADDHI
A delicious and healthy sesame seed flavored rice with spices and a crunchy tempering makes a great meal on its own.
Servings: 4 people
Ingredients
- 4 cups Cooked rice
For the sesame seed spice mix
- ½ cup Sesame seeds
- ½ tsp Fenugreek seeds
- 2 tbsp Coriander seeds
- 5 Whole dry red chillies
For tempering
- 3 tbsp Cooking oil
- 1 tsp Mustard seeds
- 1 tsp Cumin seeds
- 3 tbsp Peanuts
- 4 Whole dry red chillies
- 1 sprig Curry leaves
- ½ tsp Turmeric powder
Instructions
Making of sesame seed spice mix
- Dry roast sesame seeds, fenugreek seeds, coriander seeds and transfer them on a plate aside.
- Now add a tsp of oil and roast torn red chilies and place them along with other roasted spices.
- Once the roasted spices have cool down to room temperature, blend these spices to a semi-coarse powder.
Make a tempering
- Heat a skillet or tadka pan, add oil and once its hot add in mustard seeds, cumin seeds and let them splutter.
- Now add in peanuts and fry until they turn golden brown.
- Later add in torn red chilies, curry leaves, turmeric powder and fry for a minute or two.
- Turn off the stove and keep the tempering aside.
Let's make Nuvvula saddhi/sesame seed flavored rice now
- In a mixing bowl or wide plate spread out the cooked rice and let it come down to room temperature.
- Add in prepared sesame seed spice mix, salt and give everything a good mix.
- Now add in tempering and mix until everything is completely incorporated.
- Serve the prepared Nuvvula saddhi/sesame seed flavored rice along with yogurt and fryums.
Notes
- You can also use black sesame seeds for making this rice.
- Although traditionally we don't add any lentils in making the spice mix, you can add in chana dal, urad dal to make it more nutritious and flavorful.